Improving Medication Adherence Using Family-focused and Literacy-sensitive Strategies
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorJia-Rong Wu
About this trial
People with heart failure who do not take their medications as prescribed are at high risk of complications leading to hospitalization, death and poor quality of life. In the proposed intervention, nurses will use easy-to-understand language to coach patients and their care partners to help them work together and build skills to overcome their individual barriers to adherence in order to 1) improve and sustain patient medication adherence; 2) reduce hospitalization; 3) improve quality of life. If effective, this intervention will support long-term medication adherence, thus reducing hospitalizations related to heart failure and quality of life.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
confirmed diagnosis of heart failure (HF), either systolic or diastolic HF
ave suboptimal medication adherence
have a care partner (CP) (either spouse, daughter/son, partner, other relative, friend) who is identified by the patient as the person most involved in HF care
willingness to have a CP be involved in their medication taking
Disqualifiers
cognitive impairment as indicated by having difficulties to understand and give informed consent
a recent hospitalization within 3 months of study enrollment
co-existing end-stage renal disease or terminal illness such as advanced malignancy, or any other condition with less than 1-year life expectancy
psychotic illness
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- FamLit
- Attention Control
Treatment groups
328 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Jia-Rong Wu
Lead sponsor
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Sponsor institution
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov